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MATUNUCK, RI – Theatre By The Sea owner and producer Bill Hanney, Producing Artistic Director Amiee Turner and Managing Producer Joel Kipper are proud to continue Theatre By The Sea’s 2009 Children’s Festival with Dance, Dance, Dance presented by the Okra Dance Company on Friday, July 31, 2009.  Take a multicultural tour of Africa, Poland, [...]

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North Needlers, a knitting and crocheting group that meets at Richards Memorial Library, invites all knitters to join them on August 11th for the first North Attleboro Knit-out. Bring your knit/crochet project and a chair or blanket to the Summer Gazebo Concert at Veterans Park in North Attleboro. The featured music is the swing band, [...]

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Gallery 4 of Tiverton 4 Corners is pleased to present the first exhibit of Harry Nadler’s work since a solo show at New York’s David Findlay Gallery in 2006. This remarkable retrospective of work done by one of the great abstract expressionists of the last century begins with an opening reception on Saturday, July 25 [...]

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PAWTUCKET – Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island’s Pediatric Unit accepted a generous donation from two eighth grade students from Joseph Jenks Junior High School in Pawtucket. As part of a community service project for one of their classes, Miriam Cardenas and Jocelyn Pacheco, both 14 years-old, collected new books, stuffed animals, canned goods and other [...]

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The Pawtucket Family YMCA, with the support of the City of Pawtucket, is operating a “Learn to Swim” Program at Vets Pool this summer. The Vets Pool is located at the Fairlawn Family Recreation Complex on Smithfield Avenue in Pawtucket. The curriculum will focus on non-swimmers and beginners while teaching them basic swim skills and [...]

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There will be a Rehoboth contra dance on Friday, August 14, at 8:00 p.m. at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA. All dances will be taught by caller Lisa Greenleaf. Music will be performed by Rumblestrip, with Nat Hewitt, Liza Constable, and Glen Loper. Beginners welcome. Partners not necessary. $8. For information, [...]

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  (from left) Anna Kimmel as Wendy Darling, Dylan Temel as Michael Darling, Nicholas Mercurio as John Darling and Cary Michele Miller as Peter Pan get ready to fly to Neverland in the magical musical, Peter Pan being presented at Theatre By The Sea through August 8.  For tickets call (401) 782-TKTS (8587) or visit [...]

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Monday, 7/27  10:00 “Ask-a-Nurse”  Free consultation and routine health screenings  Tuesday, 7/28  10:45  Wellness Speaker:  “Arthritis: Diet and Exercise Tips” – presented by the Community VNA  Tuesday, 7/28  1:00  Movie:  “Slumdog Millionaire”, 50 cents includes popcorn!  Wednesday, 7/29  10:00  Coffee and Conversation with Government Officials.  Refreshments provided  Coming attraction:  Thursday August 20th at noon – The [...]

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 East Providence, RI – This summer, Citizens Bank and its partners 92 PRO-FM, Recycling for Rhode Island Education and Coast to Coast are collecting school supplies for local children, so they can go back to school with the tools that they need to succeed. Customers are encouraged to donate new pencils, pens, notebooks and other [...]

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Another amazing step in driving people away from the Commonwealth is about to take place on August 1st, when the sales tax rises 25% from 5 percent to 6.25 percent. For those who normally came across the border from RI to take advantage of a 2% savings, it’s not that big of a deal now [...]

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